MX8 is getting close

[Double Play]

Originally Posted by CraigThompson

Is that factory engraving and gold work or did you have someone else do the work ? Either way it looks great !!!

Craig,
Not to speak for Brian but the engraving is signed in multiple places by Angelo Bee. If you look close you will see his mark of ABEE which sometimes is followed with a drawing of a bee. I once had a CSMG XE Fox 20 gage that he engraved and was marked as such.

Brian,
The engraving scenes on your gun are spectacular. The MX-8's are very plain and make for nice upgrades. I bought this one several years ago that was engraved by Barry Lee Hands. It's a great gun but the truth is I don't shoot any better scores than I do with my Parkers so the it gets very little use.

[Bill Murphy]

The Mirage and the MX8 are great canvasses for the engraver. I owned a Mirage 30" pigeon gun engraved and gold inlaid by Heidimarie Hiptmeyer and stocked by her husband Klaus. It is a masterpiece. I would like to know where it is today. It is pictured in an early Gun Digest. Does anyone know where it is? I sold it to a fellow on Long Island who wrote me a bum check. A bit of ingenious detective work solved that problem. I'm sure you understand what Long Island detective work is all about.

[6pt-Sika]

Originally Posted by Larry Frey

The MX-8's are very plain and make for nice upgrades. I bought this one several years ago that was engraved by Barry Lee Hands. It's a great gun but the truth is I don't shoot any better scores than I do with my Parkers so the it gets very little use.

It isn't a matter of breaking more birds !

It's as one older gentleman told me years ago " You look so much better with a K-32 Super Crown in your hands then a Standard Grade ESPECIALLY when you MISS "

[Brian H]

Yes as Larry said above Angelo Bee did the work and it is consistent with the Belgium Browning style. He has done quite a few projects for me in the past, I'll attach a few pictures of grade IV Superposed he just finished for me, the wood for the Perazzi and model 21 Angelo did for me. He is one heck of a guy. I went to Liege Belgium with him a couple years ago and he introduced me to a few of the other Browning engravers Jean Diet and Rocco Capece. They are wonderful people and I was very fortunate to make the trip with him.

Next on the agenda is a MX-8 side plate 31 1/2" gun. The plates are installed but the engraving will not be done till Summer most likely.

[Bill Murphy]

That is one great Grade 4 Superposed. Can we see a view with the wood included?

[Brian H]

Sorry about the quality of these, its all I have right now.

[Brian H]

Well the MX8 is done

[Brian H]

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[Bill Murphy]

Very nice finished product. The Grade IV Superposed is a better piece of work than any factory Grade IV I have seen. The oak leaves are deeper, at least they appear to be.

[Brian H]

If you have the Superposed book it was copied from an elaborate Grade IV pictured over 4 pages. I believe Funken did the original.